Last Sunday Peter came over and we re-orientated ourself to my Aero 3D building project. It has been a long time since last working on it! After discovering where we left off we got the elevator push rod slot made and cut down to size (exciting to use my Dremmel). Took quite a bit of […]
Building Aero3D Day 70 & 71: Push Rods and Rudder Hinges Read More »
On Nov. 11th made some more progress. Started with unboxing and getting 3 servos ready. For the two heavy duty control surfaces (elevator & rudder) using HiTech HS-645MG servos and for the throttle that doesn’t undergo the same amount of force a HiTech HS-425BB servo. For putting the control horns on figured out where each
Building Aero 3D Day 69: Push Rod & Elevator Linkage Read More »
Thursday, utilized the slot machine (motorized hinge slotting machine by Great Planes) to make hinges in the following control surfaces: Ailerons Elevators Stabilizer I definitely need more practice with this as I always have a tendancy to tilt the machine towards me causing me to come out the side. That said though, made some solid
Building Aero 3D Day 59: Hinging Control Surfaces Read More »
Thursday, I got my hands on the hinging tool again, and this time it worked! Started by verifying the hinge locations and making clear center marking on both the wing and ailerons… verifying we were using the correct aileron for the side we were working with. Once that was done used a centering tool to
Building Aero 3D Day 58: Hinging Wing & Ailerons Read More »
Yesterday, I cut eight pieces out of 1/4“x1/4” balsa stringers to a length of 11/4“. I then marked the center of them and glued them to the inside leading edge of the ailerons, using wood glue, and clamped them in place. The purpose of this is to provide more support/substance for the hinges. I used weights
Building Aero 3D Day 49: Aileron Hinge Supports & Awkward WF Contemplation Read More »
Sunday, Peter & I did some more work along the trailing edge of the wing. I started by continuing where we left off cutting down the trailing edge. I took a few more passes with the utility knife and then moved on to using a sanding block to get it flush with the back tip
Building Aero 3D Day 37: Hinge Supports Read More »
Sunday afternoon Peter came over and got caught up on my progress. Since we were done on the fuselage for now we put it aside for safe keeping and focused on the tail control surfaces to start with. For the rudder, stabilizer and two elevators I prepped them for hinging. At this point I also
Building Aero 3D Day 19: Hinging Prep & Wing Beginnings Read More »
On Dec. 18th I could really start to see things coming together as I worked on putting the bondages for all the control surfaces into place. The first step was to ensure the hinges fit into the slots off the main surfaces (wing for ailerons and fin & stabilizer for the rudder & elevator respectively).
Building Seamater Day 44: Gluing Hinges / Control Surfaces Read More »
